Re: [PHP3] CheckDNSRR failing on a valid domain
| From: | Manuel Lemos | Date: | Mon, 23 Aug 1999 02:50:46 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [PHP3] CheckDNSRR failing on a valid domain | ||
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Hello Jason,
On 22-Aug-99 10:48:03, you wrote:
>> Either e-na.net and www.e-na.net are virtual hosts with the same IP that
>> are hosted in whoopi.adgrafix.com .
>I noticed that, but it doesn't help because it looks like the MX record for
>e-na.net isn't answering the same way as many other domains do - normally
Could that be broken? Should I ask the ISP to fix it or this is a
tecnically legal situation?
>> How can I determine if mlemos@e-na.net is a valid address then.
>Normally you should be ok - have you tried it with other domains? Try it
Yes, they work. I was trying from the same machine where I have the domain
hosted. Could that influence the results?
>with jason@qgl.org
>It should return 1 even though I'm not pointing the MX record at "qgl.org"
Yes, that works fine.
>> Interesting, I own that domain and I was not told by the ISP that there
>> would be a mail.e-na.net sub-domain.
>It's a pretty standard thing to make an A record for a mail server - it
>allows you to specify mail.yourdomain.com in your mail client, which a lot
>of people seem to feel is important, like they're getting their very own
>little complete network or something
Yes, but in this case there are MX records for www.e-na.net and not for
e-na.net . This is very odd.
Regards,
Manuel Lemos
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Look at: http://phpclasses.UpperDesign.com/?user=mlemos@acm.org
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